Recent archaeological studies along the Michigan-Wisconsin border have uncovered what is being called “likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States.” First mapped in the 1990s by NMU professor emerita Marla ...

The Delmonico Cafe in Gladstone, circa 1915. (Photo courtesy of Superior View Photography, www.viewsofthepast.com)

The current map exhibit at the Marquette Regional History Center has a 1881 map of Republic that is a beautiful blue color.  What’s that type of map called?
 A. A bluebird view map B. An ultramarine C. A Smurfscan D. A cyanotype ANSWER: D. Cyanotypes came to be used later ...

A few miles up County Road 550 from the Marquette city limits sat a drinking establishment that sparks fond memories from several generations of Marquette County residents... Snuffy’s The bar opened in the mid-20th century as “The Forest Cabin,” a rustic establishment that was planned ...

MARQUETTE — Earlier this year, publicity about prison inmates fighting the Los Angeles fires raised the question of jobs held by prisoners in Michigan, and specifically in Marquette.  Michigan’s first state prison opened in Jackson in 1839. The location was chosen after extensive ...